As he asked the maid his bride to be,
That the others thought “He will cut out me,”
And their souls were racked with jealousy.[[3]]
Three stern men, but they frowned enough for ten,
And they scowled enough for twenty, these stern young men.[[4]]
Then the fourth young swain in the days gone by,
Wooed this maiden so love laden, till she made reply,
Made reply--“You have won my trusting heart,”
And at church they vowed never more to part;
But they quarreled so when they were wed,